Of Note Archives 2019

Press Releases and Statements

• ​NAC's 2019 Year End Report (Dec 19, 2019)
• Release: Homeland Security Wants to Increase Fees for Migrants, Asylum Seekers, Green Card Holders & DACA Recipients (Dec 13, 2019)
• Release: Provincials of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd in the USA Condemn False Reporting of Climate Strike (Sept 25, 2019) 
• Advisory: Rally & Civil Disobedience in NJ (Sept 3, 2019)
• Statement: LEGAL Immigrants may be Deported if They Make LEGAL Use of Public Benefits (Aug 13, 2019)
• Statement: ICE Out of Order - Release All the Workers (Aug 9, 2019)
• Statement: Take the First Step to National Healing on Gun Violence (Aug 6, 2019)
• US Province Leaders' Statement: In Defense of the Human Dignity of All People at the Border, Especially Children (Jul 18, 2019)
• Advisory: Civil Disobedience at US Capitol for Catholic Day of Action for Detained Immigrant Children & Province Leaders Issue Statement (Jul 17, 2019)
• Release: Capitol Hill Conference on Human Trafficking: Now I have Purpose (Jul 1, 2019)
• Advisory: Conference on Human Trafficking on Capitol Hill: June 26 (Jun 20, 2019)
• Statement: World Refugee Day - We Should be Celebrating (Jun 18, 2019)
• Release: The Time has come for Congress to Act – Protect Dreamers and TPS & DED Holders (Jun 4, 2019)
• Joint Release: Moral Roadmap in Federal Funding (Apr 30, 2019)
• Release: SNAP is not the Goal. It is the Path to the Goal (Mar 28, 2019)
  
• Release: New Zealand Shootings: We Will Not Succumb to Division and Hatred (Mar 16, 2019)   
• Release: NAC’s Director Travelling to Honduras & El Salvador (Mar 7, 2019)
• Statement: House of Representatives Hearing on Protecting Dreamers and TPS Recipients (Mar 6, 2019)
• Release: Pass Gun Violence Prevention Bills (Feb 21, 2019)
• Joint Statement:  Faith Leaders Issue Statement on the Morality of a Border Wall (Feb. 15, 2019)
• Release: Congress Needs to Cross the Finish Line & Avert a Second Shutdown (Feb 11, 2019)
• Release: Mandate a $15 per Hour Wage Floor (Feb 7, 2019)
• Joint Letter: Faith Leaders Urge Congress to Avert Another Shutdown and Implement Responsible Spending for DHS (Feb. 5, 2019)

Sample News Reports

• Catholic News Service Article in LA's Angelus: Catholics mark anniversary of child's death at border (Dec 9, 2019)
  
• Catholic News Service Article in National Catholic Reporter: Catholic, other religious groups endorse 'Faithful Democracy' statement (Nov 5, 2019)
• Catholic News Service Article in America: Bishop Vasquez - Migrant children will suffer most under new Trump detention rule (Aug 26, 2019)
• Catholic News Service Article in Catholic San Francisco: Bishops of four Mississippi churches condemn ICE Raid (Aug 12, 2019)
• Global Sisters Report: Sisters speak out again about gun violence, legislation (Aug 8, 2019)
• Global Sisters Report: Advocates work to stop human trafficking's causes like poverty, exploitation of human rights (Jul 25, 2019)
• National Catholic Reporter: Catholic Day of Action protesters arrested in stand against child detention (Jul 19, 2019)
• Catholic News Service: US bishop among nearly 200 faith leaders speaking against war in Iran (Jul 10, 2019)
• Catholic News Service Article in America: On Capitol Hill, faith-based organizations shine light on human trafficking (Jul 8, 2019)
• Catholic News Agency: ‘Hear victims, treat the whole problem,’ human trafficking conference told (Jun 26, 2019)
• Vermont Business Magazine: Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez unveil Loan Shark Prevention Act (May 9, 2019)
• Catholic News Service Article in Catholic Philly: Justices lean toward including citizenship question in next census (Apr 23, 2019)
• Catholic News Service Article in Catholic New York: Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments on 2020 Citizenship Census Question (Feb 20, 2019)
• Catholic News Service Article in The Compass (Diocese of Green Bay): Freedom of Religion Act seeks to ban immigration discrimination (Jan 24, 2019)

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